Monthly Archives: March 2013

I cannot count the number of times I’ve been asked “how can you eat everything that you bake?” And the truth is…I don’t. In fact, it’s quite rare that I eat any of it! Pretty much everything I bake goes out the door within a couple days. As a result, I get to know quite […]

I am constantly on the look out for candy and chocolate that I can use in baking. I’m such a dork that I actually constantly browse the Wal-mart website to see what’s new in baking and candy (is that a bit weird?)! As a result, when the lovely Lulu from Cybercandy gave me the option […]

When I opened my copy of The Hummingbird Bakery‘s new Home Sweet Home cookbook, I was absolutely delighted to see my all-time favourite cupcake, Eton Mess Cupcake, was in there! The problem with Daily Specials you love is that once the time elapses, it’s almost impossible to find them again. As a result, I am […]

I am obsessed with salted caramel. It probably comes from the chocolate tour I attended, where I tried the amazing Paul A. Young sea salt caramel chocolates. Ever since, I want to make pretty much everything sea salt caramel: fudge, cookies, cake. It was only a matter of time before I had to try making […]

I probably haven’t mentioned this before, but Beardy Boyfriend is a bit older than me. Not that much older, mind you, but the age difference is greatly exaggerated because I grew up in America and Beardy Boyfriend grew up in Ireland (his stories of growing up in Ireland sometimes remind me of my grandmother’s stories […]

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Alexandra Brown’s Cupcakes at Carrington’s, the first in her new Carrington Department Store series. It’s the story of Georgie, a young women’s accessories clerk at the fictional department store of Carringtons in the south of England. Georgie really enjoys working with her friends, administrator Eddie and […]

St Patrick’s Day definitely has a different meaning once you live in Ireland. First of all, there is nothing more annoying than people who call it “Patty’s Day.” No one, and I mean no one named Patrick has ever been called “Patty”. It’s Paddy. In addition, I remember hiding away in my college for the […]